Hope everyone had a lovely New Year’s Eve and have been enjoying the day today. As promised, a bumper crop of what various ‘ballers have been doing on their holidays. There have been engagements, baby announcements, singing in the mirror while dressed in a towel (Cristiano), blue gradient shoes (Sergio), celebrating on a camel (Mateo & Lukita) and a rather ungracious joke about a rival (Toni Kroos, being a bit rude, IMHO). Let’s dig in! (It’s long so be prepared!) Continue reading
New Year & Holiday Fun
1 JanXabi’s Watch Collection
4 DecMen’s style site Mr. Porter interviewed Xabi about his watch collection and produced a fantastic short film of our beloved much missed GQMF. Continue reading
Happy Halloween!
31 OctAlthough he posted it early, I can’t help but feel this is Cristiano’s costume and in my mind, it’s clear who he is this Halloween… Continue reading
The FInal Final Pre-Sevilla Session & Happy Papi’s Day
19 MarOkay, the mothership was full of shit yesterday. Today was the final training session. Sigh. Continue reading
While You’re Waiting For The Match To Start…
17 Feb…have a mishmash of puppies, babies and selfies and not necessarily in that order. Continue reading
Final Training Of The Year & Holiday Wishes
31 DecSese joined the team for the first part of the session today. Can’t wait to see what he wears for New Year’s Eve. Undoubtedly something with a hedgehog on it while Pilar will be in animal print. Continue reading
G-Money Returns, Halloweeny & Color Me Shocked! (NOT)
2 NovIt’s been quite a weekend! We handily won our match and now sit atop the table. Huzzah! And Gareth rejoined the group today, which is great news. The 6 outfield players who didn’t start worked out with Gareth while Marcelo & Cris trained on their own. We have a Champions League match against Liverpool on Tuesday. Continue reading
Father’s Day in Madrid!
19 MarThe best father/son duo in Madrid? I think that’s a title Marcelo & Enzo could easily nab. As it was Father’s Day in Spain today, many of our boys took to social media to express some major squee-inducing, heartfelt, papa & kiddo action. Some of the Papas were celebrating Father’s Day for the first time and some were celebrating as soon to be papas, but all of them equally adorable!